Industry Connections
The MS in Business Analytics program is supported by an extensive advisory board made up of key executives from top companies in a variety of industries. Their participation aligns curriculum development with industry needs in this rapidly evolving field of data analytics. The advisory board members, along with other key partners, mentor our students, and provide real data for collaborative industry projects.
Business Analytics Advisory Board (updated 10/3/25)
Member | Company | Position |
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Rex Briggs | Claritas | Chief AI Officer, Author |
David Broscow | Vestcom | Group Director, Data Strategy & Insights |
Rich Clayton | Oracle | Vice President, Business Analytics |
Brennan Davis | Cal Poly, Orfalea College of Business | Professor & Academic Director, MSBA |
Damon Fleming | Cal Poly, Orfalea College of Business | Dean |
John Frith | Urban Science | Vice President, Applied Methods |
Manisha Gupta | Oracle | Vice President, AI/ML Analytics on People Intelligence |
Nooshin Hashemi | VideoAmp | Senior Product Manager |
Alison Hu | Acorns | Assistant Vice President, Mobility Business Analytics |
Blake Irvine | Netflix | Director, Data Science & Engineering |
Izzy Kamrath | AT&T | Principal Business Analyst |
Kelli Law | Cognitive Insights Consulting | Chief Data Officer, Vice President AI |
Greg Leonard | Golden 1 Credit Union | Vice President, Consumer Lending Analytics & Risk |
Kevin Louther | Adobe | Product Analytics & Data Strategy, Gen AI Products |
Juliana Ottoboni | Samsara | Senior Manager, Analytics |
Shalmali Patil | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | AWS Finance Analytics and Science Team BI Engineer |
Bill Radding | Coca Cola | Head of Category Insights |
Mike Sallander | Electronic Arts (EA) | Vice President, Corporate Controller |
Girish Sharma | Amplytics | Founder & Managing Principal |
Ajinkya Sirsikar | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Senior Analytics Engineer |
Leslie Su | Head of Measurement & Analytics, Education & Careers | |
Nate Veldkamp | 10x Genomics | Senior Director, Finance & Business Operations |
Abe Weston | Staff Engineering Analyst, Trust & Safety | |
Eric Wingate | Apple | Finance Analytics Manager |
To learn more about how industry informed the development of the program, you may view this Question & Answer excerpt from our 2015 webinar, featuring advisory board members Rich Clayton, Executive VP Business Analytics at Oracle, and Joshua Knox, Engineering Program Manager at Google.